Sites - Jerusalem
Bethphage (meaning "House of Figs") was a place in ancient
Israel, mentioned as the place from which Jesus sent the
disciples to find a donkey and a colt with her upon which he
would ride into Jerusalem.
It is believed to have been located on the Mount of Olives, on
the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Gospel of Matthew 21:1;
Gospel of Mark 11:...
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The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument adjacent
to the Bnei Hazir tomb.
Architectural description --
The monument is a monolith -- it is completely carved out of
the solid rock and does not contain a burial chamber. The
lowest part of the monument is a crepidoma, a base made of
three steps. Above it there is a stylobate, upon whic...
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Warren's Shaft is an archaeological feature in Jerusalem
discovered in 1867 by British engineer Sir Charles Warren
(1840-1927). It runs from within the old city to a spot near
the Gihon Spring, and after its 19th century discovery was
thought to have been the centrepiece of the city's early
water supply system, since it would have enabled the ...
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The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
(Arabic: Qubur el Anbia) is located on the upper slope of
the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. According to
Jewish and Christian tradition, the catacomb is believed to
be the burial place of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the
last three Hebrew Bible prophets who are believed to have
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The Tomb of Simeon the Just (Hebrew: קבר שמעון הצדיק;
translit. Kever Shimon haTzadik) is the name given to a tomb
located on Abu Bakr-a-Sidiq road, in northern Jerusalem,
just south of the British School of Archaeology, which is
located at the east end of Simeon-the-Just street, in the
Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. According to Jewish traditi...
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Mary's Tomb is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the
Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. It is regarded as the
burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians (many of whom refer to her as
Theotokos)[1][2], in contradistinction to the Ho...
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Hezekiah's Tunnel, or the Siloam Tunnel is a tunnel that was
dug underneath the City of David in Jerusalem before 701 BC
during the reign of Hezekiah. The tunnel is mentioned in 2
Kings 20:20 in the Bible. The Bible also tells us that king
Hezekiah prepared Jerusalem to an impending siege by the
Assyrians, by "blocking the source of the waters...
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The Garden Tomb (also known as Gordon's Calvary),[1] located
in Jerusalem, outside the city walls and close to the
Damascus Gate, is a rock-cut tomb considered by some to be
the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus, and to be
adjacent to Golgotha[2], in contradistinction to the
traditional site for these-the Church of the Holy Sepulchr...
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Dominus Flevit is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives immediately facing
the Old City of Jerusalem.
History
Dominus Flevit, which translates from Latin as "The Lord Wept", was fashioned in the shape of
a teardrop to symbolize the tears of Christ. Here, according to the 19th chapter of the
Gospel of Luke, Jesus, while walking...
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The elaborate Sanhedria Tombs lie to the north of the city.[9]
They were so called by later generations because the largest
of them contains 70 chambers with burial benches, and the
Sanhedrin had seventy member.[9] Each of the three tombs would
actually have contained the burials of a single, multi-
generational, wealthy family. They were const...
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